Expect the PNJ to get phone calls today about its Notebook column on the front page of the Sports section. The title is “UF win was extra special for seniors.” Florida State…
Promises: kept or broken?
The Community Maritime Park Associates board agreed to a Covenant with the Community which promised the park would be the most inclusive project in the city’s history. That Covenant has been supplanted…
Marco Rubio: Catholic or Baptist
The New York Times looks at newly-elected U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio anhttp://www.google.com/d questions whether he is Roman Catholic or Southern Baptist. His literature identifies him as Roman Catholic, but, according to the…
Meanwhile on the GOP ranch
Sarah Palin stepped into it again on Wednesday when she said that the United States has to stand with “our North Korean allies” on Glenn Beck’s syndicated radio show. Read more. Former…
GOP’s Lousy 2012 Candidates
The Daily Beast reports on the Republicans’ difficulty in picking its candidate to run against Pres. Barack Obama in 2012. Sarah Palin leads in a recent poll with 19 pts; Mitt Romney…
Buzz: Gang war brewing?
The shooting at the Moorings Apartments on Old Spanish Trail Friday evening, Nov. 19 that killed Prentiss Mitchell may be tied to the November 6 drive-by shooting on Texar Drive of Joel…
Gulf partially closed to shrimping
Mobile Press Register reports that NOAA has closed 4,200 miles of Gulf to trawling for royal red shrimp. Why? A shrimper found tar balls in his net Saturday. The royal red shrimp…
No Peek Promotion
I love this promotion that The Oar House is running. Beginning 12/1/10 thru 2/28/11, the restaurant will pass out more than 1,500 No Peek Envelopes with over $10K in prizes. To get…
Rejected
SUPERINTENDENT REFUSES FINAL OFFER FOR BROWNSVILLE SCHOOL The pastor of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church had to give it one more try on Friday, Nov. 12. He knew that the Superintendent of Schools…
PBJ: Top 10 Business Stories of 2010
I didn’t realize that PNJ is still printing the Pensacola Business Journal, but they have already decided on the top 10 business stories of the year. Do you agree or disagree with…
Studer Group wins Baldrige Award
Studer Group is a 2010 winner of the Baldrige Award. The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is an annual award that recognizes U.S. organizations in the business, health care, education, and nonprofit…
Fish House’s “Grits a Ya Ya” on Capitol Hill
BP Press Release: Three of Florida’s finest seafood chefs took their talents to Capitol Hill as a way of showing Congress and the nation that Florida seafood is safe to eat. The…
Police officers killed by guns
Cool interactive map by Washington Post on 511 killings of police officers by guns over the past decade. Check it out here.
The Daily Beast: Ground Zero Mosque
John Avlon reports on The Daily Beast that the so-called “Ground Zero mosque” recently applied for a $5 million federal grant from a fund designed to rebuild lower Manhattan after 9/11. Read…
Vision 2015 update
Vision 2015 Pledges To date, 35 companies have invested in the Vision 2015 plan to bring 3,000 jobs to the region. Pledges to date: $3,248,500
TPO adopts road plan thru 2035
The Florida – Alabama Transportation Planning Organization, the TPO, has adopted their 2035 Long Range Transportation Plan (LRTP). This plan outlines the transportation projects for the next 25 years in the Florida-Alabama…
WYMHM:BP cited as criminally negligent
What You May Have Missed: Pro Publica is reporting that a federal probation officer for BP filed a petition last Wednesday asking a Alaskan federal judge to revoke the BP’s probation because…
State Roundup: Merit pay will be back
Sarasota Herald-Tribune is reporting that merit pay will likely be back before the legislature for discussion in 2011. The bill is similar to the one vetoed by Crist this spring. One change…
Evers named vice chair, transportation
Showing his commitment to a bipartisan, inclusive Florida Senate, President Mike Haridopolos today appointed ten Democrats to serve as Vice Chairs of the Senate’s 27 committees and subcommittees. Six Democrats will serve…
Thomas asks for waiver
“It’s a little disheartening that he wants to negotiate after we made a deal,” Escambia County chairman Kevin White said of Superintendent Malcolm Thomas when discussing whether to waive rental fees at…
